Kim Jong-Un orders increase in North Korea's nuclear material production.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an increase in the production of weapons-grade material to make bombs to put on his increasing range of weapons. The report in state media followed a series of missile launches and rising threats to use the weapons against his enemies. North Korea’s weapons tests and U.S.-South Korea military exercises have intensified in a tit-for-tat cycle, underscoring heightened tensions in the region. Officials say North Korea could further up the ante in coming weeks or months with more provocative displays of its military nuclear program, possibly including its first test detonation of a nuclear device since September 2017.